Description
The TIFFFetchNormalTag function in LibTiff 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) by setting the tags TIFF_SETGET_C16ASCII or TIFF_SETGET_C32_ASCII to values that access 0-byte arrays. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-9297.
Published: 2017-01-27
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 2.1% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3762-1 tiff security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-10258 The TIFFFetchNormalTag function in LibTiff 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) by setting the tags TIFF_SETGET_C16ASCII or TIFF_SETGET_C32_ASCII to values that access 0-byte arrays. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-9297.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3212-1 LibTIFF vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:50:38.368Z

Reserved: 2016-11-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-9448

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-01-27T17:59:00.290

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-9448

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-11-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-9448 - Bugzilla

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